Rigid-block car-replacer.



W. 0. BUNNELL & Q. A. GATES.

RIGID BLOCK CAR REPLACER.

APPLICATION' r|LEo1uNE2s,19|5.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

WILLIAM OVERFIELD BUNNELL AND QUINCY ADAMS GATES, F WILKES-BARRE,

. PENNSYLVANIA.

- RIGID-BLOCK CABfREPLACER.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it kno-wn that we, WILLIAM OVERFIELD BUNNELL and QUINCY ADAMS GATES,citi- Zens of the, United States, residing at VVilkes-Barre, inthe'county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Rigid- Block Car-Replacers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railways, and morespecilically to rigid block car-replacers.

The object of our invention is to provide a car-replacer of such a shapeand construction that it will readily seat adjacent a railway rail in4such manner that a derailed car may be run thereupon and guided backupon the track.

Our replacer isl so constructed as to be used either inside or outsideofthe rails, or for moving a car either forwardly or backwa'dly in'orderto guide it back upon the rai Furthermore, our device is simple inconstruction, durable in that it has no movable parts to becomedisarranged or broken, and is extremely eflicient in operation.

@ther objects of this invention not at this time more particularlyenumerated,`will be clearly understood from the detailed. descriptionand drawings forming a part of this specification.

Furthermore, this invention consists in the novel arrangement andcombination of parts more particularly described in the followingspecification and embodied in the claims appended hereunto and forming apart of this application.

Referring now. to the drawings, which are mere y illustrative of ourinvention, Figure 1 is a top plan view of our device illustrating itsrelative position to the top of a rail, said rail being show`n in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a 'cross sectional view thereof taken on the line 2 -2of Fig. 1.

Referring further to the drawings, whereinV similar reference charactersdesignate similar parts throughout the respective views, 1 .designates ametallic block body .portion of our device which is formed with avertical face 2 substantially triangular in outline, a horizontalbase 3lone'side of which 4 is adapted to con'frm to one side of the base of arail as shown in Fig. 2, the top 4 4being inclined in oppositedirections. from a point Specification of Letters Patent.

Y Patented Nov. 30,1915.

Application filed J une 26, 1915. Serial N o. 36,451). I

near the center of the upper portion of said face 2 and flaringoutwardly to apoint coincident with the outer edge of said base 3.Oppositely disposed angular faces 5 are formed from the outer edges `ofboth-inclined faces of said top extending down- 'wardly and outwardlyto-a point of meetcentrally thereof, said boss being adapted to projectslightly outwardly with respect to the vertical face 2. Said verticalface is of such a configuration along the length thereof as to conformwith the maximum curvature permissible in a railway. A plurality ofsharp projections 3 are formed upon the base 3 adjacent the outer edges.A handle 3b is formed upon the angular faces 5 near the lower edgethereof.'

A clamp 10, formedwith a hook 11 upon oneend and an upturned arm 12 uponthe other end thereof, is provided with a cam lever l'pivbtally mountedupon the end of said upturned arm 12. I

In operation, our car-replacer is placed with the vertical face thereofadjacent the side of arail 14, and with one of the inclined tops thereoffacing the wheels of a derailed car. The clamp 10 is then hooked uponthe base of said rail opposite the carreplacer in such position that thecam lever will-engage with the angular face 5 near the lower endthereof, whereby said car-replacer will be retained in fixed positionwith respect to said rail 14. As the wheels of the derailed car arebrought in Contact withl the lower edge of the inclined ltop L they willbe guided upon the car-replacer by means of one of the iiared ends 7 ofthe groove 6, thence to the groove 6 connected with the. said flared endand to the single groove 8 at the Lio tlavingnow described and pointedout lthe new` and useful features of our invention, we d o not limitourselves to the shape of certain parts Where the shape is notessential, nor d0 we restrict ourselves to the rexact details ofconstruction shown and described,

but in ean and intend to -claim all equivalents and variations thereofnot departing in principle vtroni our inventionI` and falling withinthev purview of the appended Claims. l

lVliat we claim as our invention and de sire to secure by Letters Patentis:

l. A car-replacer consistingof a metallic block, said block being formedivitli a vertical face substantially triangular in outline and aplurality of angular flaring faces ex tending from the apex to the baseot said block. the oppositely extending' faces being provided Witliraplurality ot grooves adapted to receive the 'liange of a car wheel, and

.a substantially lialffovoid boss formed integral with the apex of saidblock.

2.A car-replacer consistingof a metallic body portion, said bod)rportion being formed with a vertical 'lace substantially triangular inoutline and a plurality of angular flaring faces extending 'from tlieapex to the base of said body portion, tlie oppositely extending facesbeing provided Witlil 'gular flaring` faces extending from the apextothev base ot' said vbody portion, tlie oppo- 'sitelv extending` facesbeing provided with a plurality ot' grooves adapted to receive theflange of a ear wheel` a substantially halfovoid boss t'oruied integralwith the -apeX ot said body portion, a plurality .of angular projectionsformed upon the under face of' said body portion, and a clamp adapted toengage with said replacer and the base of a rail Yto retain tliereplacer in close proximity to said rail.

ln testimony whereof we afliX our signatures liereto.

wiLLiiiL oviiiiririai BUNNELL. QUiNer Aiiiiiis Gir-iis.

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